Concerts

Julie Byrne's transporting music can turn the ordinary into the extraordinary.

Five great minds in public radio talk about standout events and artists across the six-day celebration.

Brooklyn-bred hip-hop duo Smif-N-Wessun – consisting of partners in rhyme, Steele and Tek – illuminated the Tiny Desk with their signature, 80-proof poetry: straight, no chaser.

Hear performances from Scottish instrumental trio Talisk, Chicago bluesman Toronzo Cannon and a two song set from the bilingual, Texas-based singer-songwriter Gina Chavez.

This trio has become a reference point of their own for new school instrumentalists, a coveted achievement for any jazz group, though their appeal stretches far outside the jazz ecosystem.

Watch the cherry on top of five days of live performances from the AmericanaFest Day Stage at The Local in Nashville.

Country's genre-crossing queen brings East Texas to West Virginia, performing hits off her most recent album 'The Lonely, the Lonesome & the Gone.'

Nels Cline has earned his place as a guitar hero for our times, with a track record stretching back four decades and a marquee gig with Wilco.

Catch live performances on Day 5 of the AmericanaFest Day Stage at The Local in Nashville.

Catch live performances on Day 3 of the AmericanaFest Day Stage at The Local in Nashville.